In event of attack, Washington to take all economic, diplomatic and military measures if necessary
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\nThe United States will regard \u201cany armed attack\u201d on Qatari territory as a threat to Washington and will provide the Gulf Arab state with security guarantees, the White House said, after an Israeli strike on the country last month.
\n\u201cIn light of the continuing threats to the State of Qatar posed by foreign aggression, it is the policy of the United States to guarantee the security and territorial integrity of the State of Qatar against external attack,\u201d said an Executive Order signed by US President Donald Trump.
\nIn the event of an attack on Qatar, the United States will \u201ctake all lawful and appropriate measures \u2014 including diplomatic, economic, and, if necessary, military \u2014 to defend the interests of the United States and of the State of Qatar and to restore peace and stability,\u201d the order said.
\nThe agreement comes after an Israeli strike on the key US regional ally on September 9, targeting officials from the Palestinian group Hamas who were discussing a US peace proposal for the war in Gaza.
\nIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Qatar\u2019s prime minister from the White House on Monday, apologising for strikes and promising not to do so again, the United States said. Netanyahu was in Washington to meet Trump, and had until then been defiant since ordering the September 9 strikes.
\nQatar is a key US ally in the Gulf and hosts the largest US military base in the region at al-Udeid, which also includes a regional headquarters for elements of US Central Command.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In event of attack, Washington to take all economic, diplomatic and military measures if necessary washington The United States will regard \u201cany armed attack\u201d on Qatari territory as a threat to Washington and will provide the Gulf Arab state with security guarantees, the White House said, after an Israeli strike on the country last month. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-506200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n